Fast code execution

September 2010 Data Acquisition & Telemetry

NI LabVIEW 2010 optimises compiler for faster code execution.

National Instruments has announced LabVIEW 2010, the latest version of the graphical programming environment for design, test, measurement and control applications. The system delivers time savings with new features such as off-the-shelf compiler technologies that execute code an average of 20% faster and a comprehensive marketplace for evaluating and purchasing add-on toolkits for easily integrating custom functionality into the platform. For field-programmable gate array (FPGA) users, LabVIEW 2010 delivers a new IP Integration Node that makes it possible to integrate any third-party FPGA IP into LabVIEW applications and is compatible with the Xilinx CORE Generator. National Instruments also implemented more than a dozen new features suggested by lead users through an online feedback forum that marks a significant new level of collaboration between NI and its customers.

“LabVIEW users are some of the most innovative people in the world, and their input helped us develop an even more effective and productive programming tool,” said Jeff Kodosky, National Instruments business and technology fellow. “We have taken their feedback and suggestions and opened up the platform to further customisation so that our customers and partners can expand to new applications that have not yet experienced the power and efficiency of graphical programming.”

Executing code faster

Key to the productivity delivered by LabVIEW is the compiler, which abstracts tasks such as memory allocation and thread management. The compiler hierarchy has evolved over time to become smarter and more optimised. Now, the compiler data flow intermediate representation has been further optimised and low-level virtual machine (LLVM), an open source compiler infrastructure, has been added to the software’s compiler flow to accelerate code execution. National Instruments has conducted benchmarks ranging from real-world customer applications to low-level functions and the new compiler delivers an average improvement of 20% across these benchmarks.

Adding functionality for large application development

For more advanced users and development groups, LabVIEW 2010 includes new features that improve interfaces to re-usable code, group VIs and their hierarchy for faster build times and separate the VI source code from the compiled version to aid in source code management. These capabilities are ideal for large group development where code maintenance across many users, software versions and computer platforms is critical.

Readers interested in learning more about LabVIEW 2010 and downloading the evaluation software can visit www.ni.com/labview/whatsnew

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